the UK Light Rail Conference schedule
Timetable WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE 08.45: EVENT REGISTRATION, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION HOSTED BY DAY ONE main hall Welcome address and opening remarks Cllr Jane Urquhart – Portfolio Holder for Planning and Transportation, Nottingham City Council Roger Harrison – Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham and Light Rapid Transit Forum Development of NET using transportation, land use and economic development performance measures Cllr Jane Urquhart – Portfolio Holder for Planning and Transportation, Nottingham City Council HALL A: STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCE Welcome from Hall A Chair Roger Harrison – Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham Funding models and financial considerations in the delivery of LRT projects Nafees Arif – Chief Financial Officer, Tramlink Nottingham Can regional devolution benefit UK LRT? – PANEL DEBATE Tobyn Hughes – Managing Director (Transport Operations), NECA Dr Jon Lamonte – Chief Executive, Transport for Greater Manchester Geoff Inskip – Chief Executive, Centro David Hand – Divisional Director and LRT Group Practice Leader, Mott MacDonald Paul Rowen – Deputy Chairman, Light Rail Transit Association Don’t throw the tram under the bus: The case for and against bus re-regulation – PANEL DEBATE Phil Hewitt – Executive Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham Ian Morgan – Deputy Chairman, Wellglade Group Robert Montgomery – UK Bus Managing Director, Stagecoach Andrew Braddock – Chairman, Light Rail Transit Association David Young – Chief Executive, South Yorkshire PTE HALL B: TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL Welcome from Hall B Chair Colin Robey – Managing Director, UKTram Low Impact Light Rail Paul Griffiths – Metro & Sprint Programme Director, Centro Robin Wolfendale – Rail Projects Manager, Trelleborg Driving down costs: Making light rail procurement more economical – PANEL DEBATE James Hammett – General Manager, UKTram Taylor Ferguson – Director, Grant Thornton Peter Adams – Head of Metro Development, Centro Chris Deas – Project Director, Nottingham City Council Employment creation: Harnessing local suppliers Steve Tough – NET Project Office Team Leader, Nottingham City Council Colin Tomlinson – Resources Manager, Taylor Woodrow-Alstom 11.30: REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION HOSTED BY Getting the message: Improving light rail’s wider visibility – PLENARY PANEL SESSION Sharon Thompson – Director, London Tramlink, Transport for London Peter Cushing – Metrolink Director, Transport for Greater Manchester Claire Ansley – Head of Customer Service, Stagecoach Supertram Steve Lowe – Commercial Director, Tramlink Nottingham 13.00: LUNCH, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION HOSTED BY HALL A: STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCE HALL B: TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL Urban Transport: The EIB Financing Option Dimitri Popov – Senior Lending Officer, Western Europe, EIB INTERNATIONAL PROJECT SHOWCASE Case studies invited from Dubai, Utrecht and Aarhus Exporting UK expertise: Doing business overseas PANEL DEBATE David Hand – Divisional Director and LRT Group Practice Leader, Mott MacDonald David Steele – Head of Light Rail Scandinavia, SYSTRA Roger Harrison – Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham Alan Newbold – Director, Arup Paolo Carbone – Business Development Manager, RPA Utilities debate: Where are we in 2015? – PANEL DEBATE Phil Hewitt – Executive Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham Andy Steel – Independent consultant Paul Gerrard – Performance and Operations Director, National Joint Utilities Group Nick Evans – Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell David Rumney – UKTram Working Group Approaching the EMC challenge: Utrecht Uithoflijn Elske Olthof – Consultant – Transportation, Mott MacDonald Off-wire operation and energy recovery systems Herve Mazzoni – Director of Safety & System Integration, SYSTRA Transport Minister – KEYNOTE ADDRESS (invited) 16.30: opportunity for nottingham express transit tour HOSTED BY 18.45: DRINKS RECEPTION HOSTED BY 19.30: NETWORKING DINNER HOSTED BY THURSDAY 18 JUNE 08.45: EVENT REGISTRATION, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION HOSTED BY HALL B: TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL Welcome from Hall A Chair Roger Harrison – Chairman, Tramlink Nottingham Big Data: Urban transit opportunities Martin Howell – Worldwide Marketing Communications Director, Cubic Transportation Systems Additional revenue streams Jonathan Fox – D irector, London Rail (invited) High-speed rail and multi-modal integration PANEL DEBATE Paul Buchanan – Partner, Volterra Partners Norman Baker – Former Under-Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Kirk – Programme and Safety Director, HS2 Ltd (invited) David Ralph – Chief Executive, D2N2 Martha Grekos – Partner, Head of Planning and Infrastructure, London, Irwin Mitchell Welcome from Hall B Chair Ian Brown – UKTram Centre of Excellence Light rail safety and regulation: The switch to ROGS David Keay – HM Deputy Chief Inspector of Railways, Office of Rail Regulation Tram Accident and Incident Reporting (TAIR) database James Hammett – General Manager, UKTram Optimising tram and traffic interfaces Alistair Sim – Interface Manager, Edinburgh Trams The future of training and monitoring drivers and driver behaviour Ian Rowe – Director, Ian Rowe Associates A new approach to Competence Management Systems David Nicholls – HQSE Director, KeolisAmey Docklands Mike Rafferty – Principal Consultant, Cuerden Consulting Driving Very Light Rail innovation in the West Midlands Dr Nick Mallinson – Programme Manager, HVM Catapult, University of Warwick 11.30: REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION HOSTED BY Where next for the tram-train model in the UK? – PLENARY PANEL SESSION Colin Walton – CEO, CS Walton Consulting Peter Cushing – Metrolink Director, Transport for Greater Manchester Simon Coulthard – Head of Tram-Train Projects, Network Rail Tim Kendell – Independent Consultant Dave Haskins – Project Director, Metro 13.00: LUNCH, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION HOSTED BY HALL A: STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCE HALL B: TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL Reputation management: Stakeholders and the public Tom Norris – Director and General Manager, Edinburgh Trams Cardiff Metro: The UK’s next urban rail ‘big bang’? Mark Barry – Advisor to the Welsh Government SPONSORED BY LRT solutions for mid-size towns Paolo Carbone – Business Development Manager, RPA Manchester Airport Line: Delivery a year early! Chris Coleman – Managing Director, RATP Dev Peter Jones – Technical Director, MPT Examining the models for UK light rail concessions Martin Fleetwood – Partner, Bevan Brittan Nottingham’s move to off-tram ticketing Jens Mullak – Managing Director, INIT Implementing successful revenue protection strategies and minimising fare evasion Mike Mabey – Head of Operations, Nottingham Trams Strategies to combat vandalism and violence on urban transit systems Simcha Ohrenstein – Chief Technical Officer, Jerusalem LRT Track replacement and renewal: Recent operational lessons Marc Walters – Senior Customer Services Manager, Sheffield Supertram Removing obsolescence: Modernising the UK’s second-generation systems Sharon Thompson – Director, Tramlink, Transport for London Brian Wilson – Head of Engineering, Nexus 16.30: REFRESHMENTS, NETWORKING AND EXHIBITION HOSTED BY 17.30: 10th uk light rail conference close EVENT SUPPORTED BY ORGANISED BY DAY TWO HALL A: STRATEGY, PLANNING AND FINANCE
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